Improvement in hay-elevators



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No. 118,270] Patented Aug. 22,1871.

PATENT CFFICE.

HERMAN H. QUINT, OF BROOKFIELD, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAY-ELEVATORS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 118,270, dated August22, 1871.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERMAN H. QUINT, ofBrookfield, county of Linn and State of Missouri, have invented certainImprovements in Hay-Derricks, of which t-he following is aspecification:

The iirst part of my invention relates to the substitution of one shortbrace for the one in use as one of the four supports to the uprightpivot-post of hay-derricks the object of this part of my invention being a greater lateral movement ofthe crane to facilitate lifting atgreater distan ces from the stack. The second part of my inventionrelates to the substitution of a longer movable brace for hoisting thecrane and changing the location of its foot so as to cause the lateralmotion of the crane to commence onlywhen the fork has been elevated tothe crane, and to lessen the power required for such lateral motion, andalso to obtain a greater elevation for the lift.

The figure is a side elevation of a hay-derrick embodying my invention.

J J are the runners, I I and H the cross-bars, G G the hounds, and F thetongue of the portable derrick-i'ra me. C is the pivot-post, supportedby the braces E E E and D. The crane B, pivoted with the vertical andtransverse pivot M, also connected with the frame by the movable braceA, attached by ring-staples to the frame at N, is moved by ahorseattached to the rope L at O, the rope runnin g from the hay-fork at Pthrough the pulleys at K K K, and the lateral movement commencing assoon as the fork reaches the crane at Q. The brace I) being shortened,as shown in the figure, allows the crane-brace A and the crane B to passfurther around than in other machines, and thus to lift at greaterdistance from the place of deposit or stack. The crane-brace A beinglengthened, and the foot located at N brings the crane into such aposition With reference to the point of draft K on the runner that thefork with its load will be drawn entirely up to Q before the crane commences to move, and, the foot being removed nearer to the plane of thecrane B than in machines heretofore7 the power requisite to start thecrane upon its lateral movement is greatly lessened; also, the increasedlength of the brace gives an increased altitude to the lifting of thederrick and greatly enhances its usefulness for stacking purposes.

I claim as my invention- The device, as a hay-elevator, embodying theconstruction contemplated and set forth in the accompanying drawing anddescription.

Witnesses: HERMAN H. QUINT.

W. D. CRANDALL, Jr., AARON JoNns, Jr.

